Hose-supporter.



PATENTED SEPT. 6,1904;

- M112. HAMMOND.

HOSE SUPPORTERQ APPLIOATIONIILED JUNE 16. 1904 NO-MODEL.

INVENTOR Patented September 6, 1904.

MYR ON B. .HAMMOND', OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

HOSE-SUPPORTER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.769,218, dated September 6, 1904.

Original application filed March 26, 1902, Serial No. 100,068. Dividedand this application filed June 16, 1904. Serial No. 212,789. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON B. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HoseSupporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of hosesupporters which comprises aflexible pad from the bottom of which depend the stocking-engagingmembers, while secured to the upper portion of said pad is a metallicfastening device adapted to engage with the corsetclasp element, so thatthe supporters will be suspended from the corset at or about the pointwhere the sections of the corset meet in front. Heretofore manyhose-supporters ofthis sort have been made which comprised a singleflexible pad element and a single metallic fastener element secured tothe upper central portion of the pad, so that the pad is suspended fromor upon either the stud elementor the loop element of the clasp.

My invention contemplates two separate pad elements-and from the upperportion of each element extends a metallic fastener device, one of saiddevices adapted to engage and be suspended from the loop element of theclasp, while the other of said devices is adapted to be engaged with andsuspended from the stud element of the clasp, the object of my inventionbeing to provide a hose-supporter which shall be suspended from twopoints of the corset at or about the place where the sections of thecorset meet in'front.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application,Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a section of a corset with myimprovement appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of themetallic fastener which attaches over the loop element of thecorset-clasp, and Fig. 3 is a rear perspective View of the metallicfastener which attaches over the stud element of the corset-clasp.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

1 2 are the corset-sections, which carry, re-

spectively, the loop 3 and stud 4 of the usual form of corset=clasp.

5 6 are flexible pads, which when their inner edges are abutted togetherpresent the appearance and advantages of the usual form of pad. I

7.is a metallic fastener secured in any suitable manner to the-upperportion of the pad 5 and provided with rearwardly -extending flanges 89, separated by a distance about equal to the width of the loop 3, saidfastener being cut away, as shown at 10, whereby a' shown, described,and claimed in my Letters Patent No. 679,893, issued August 6, 1901, andI therefore do not wish to be understood as claiming any novelty in thefastener itself, and I have illustrated this particular construction asa preferred form of fastener, and I do not wish to be limited thereby,since any other form of fastener adapted to engage with the loop or itseye will answer the purposes of my invention. 11 is a metallic fastenersecured to the upper portion of the pad 6 and provided withrearwardly-extending resilient flanges 12 .13 and also having its edgescut away, as shown at 14, a recess 15 being provided in the upper partof said cut-away portion toaccom- .modate the stud of the corset-clasp.1 When applied to the edge of the corset-bush carrying the stud, theflanges 12 13 will bear tightly against the under side ofthe busk, whilethe shank of the stud will lie within the recess 15.

The fastener 11 is thin enough so that it will not interfere with theready manipulation ofthe elements of the corset-clasp. This fastener 11is very readily applied and removed. In applying the same the upperflange 12 is first placed behind thebusk and the fastener drawndownwardly and over the top of the stud until it passes over the head ofthe stud and lies snugly behind the same at the extreme backward part ofthe cut-away portion. This leaves the fastener in aslanting positionwith the lower flange immediately beyond the edge of the bush, and thisflange is then readily pushed into position and the fastener drawn down,so as to bring the stud of the corsetclasp within the recess 15. Inremoving the fastener the latter is first pushed upwardly, so as tobring the stud opposite to the extreme rear part of the cut-away portion14, and the lower part of the fastener is then swung outwardly, so as tobring the lower flange clear of the husk. The lower portionof thefastener is then slightly lifted and swung inwardly over the top of thebusk and the fastener then forced upwardly and to one side, thusbringing the upper flange clear of the busk. 1 do not wish to beunderstood as claiming herein any specific construction of this fastener11, since an approved form of fastener of this description is made thesubject of an application for Letters Patent filed by me April 17, 1902,under Serial No. 103,372, and, moreover, any sort of a fastener whichwill engage the busk and the stud is Esuitable for the purposes of myinvention, the gist of which rests in the broad idea of two separateflexible pad elements provided with separate metallic fasteners at thetop adapted to engage with and be suspended by the loop and stud,respectively, of a corset-clasp, so that these pads with their fastenerswill become permanently locked on the corset and are not disturbed bythe clasping and unelasping of the same. It will thus be seen that whenthe parts of my improved hose-supporter are in position on the corsetall the advantages of an integral pad will be preserved, while thesections of the corset may be clasped and unclasped and the corsetremoved entirely without disturbing the parts of my improvement.

In the present application I do not wish to be understood as claiming,broadly, a hosesupporting device composed of two parts each having aflange adapted to embrace one of the corset-steels, one of said partsbeing adapted to engage the eye of the corset-clasp and the other ofsaid parts being adapted to engage the stud of the corset-clasp, sincesuch construction is claimed in anapplication for Letters Patent of theUnited States for iniproven'ient in hose-supporters, filed by me March20, 1902, Serial No. 100,068.

\Vhat I. do claim in the present application, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-- 1. A hose-supporter comprising separate pads, saidpads having secured to their upper portions metallic fasteners adaptedto engage respectively with the loop and stud elements of a corset-claspand independently of each other at all times, whereby the device as awhole is suspended from the corset at two independent points of supportwhere the sections of the corset meet, substantially as set forth.

2. A hose-supporter comprising two separate pads which have metallicfasteners secured to their upper ends, each metallic fastener havingrearward]y-extending resilient flanges adapted to respectively engagethe corset-busks, the flanges of one fastener adapted to be disposed onopposite sides of the loop of the corset-clasp, while the flanges of theother fastener are adapted to be disposed on opposite sides of the studof the corset-clasp, the latter fastener being also constructed toengage with and be suspended by said stud, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofl aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MYRON l3. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

F. WV. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN.

